Chaos had advanced, thus the increasing tempo of change has characterized our cultural and social reality and has destroyed, absorbed, changed and further developed it, especially in the U.S. It has led to changes in our traditions and thus also to changes in the way in which we as people understands and perceives ourselves. Everybody seems to agree that the old industrial society is being wound up. There is not the same agreement. The concept of the creative knowledge society" is so far the best designation, as there is a more and more widespread recognition of the fact that knowledge is the way to a better life, and that lifelong learning will become one of the driving forces behind the future development of society. (Thompson)
Today people who cohabit have the same rights and obligations. Today some people see it as a matter of an organized life together until another offer turns up. Two or three marriages per person, one’s own children and other people’s children under the same roof seem to be one of our answers to the ongoing process of emancipation. The new living arrangements are instrumental in changing our perception of ourselves as human beings.
Love, sexual ethics, family, education, work, leisure time, indeed even the belief in life and death have all become subject to individual choice. On one hand, this has its positive sides nobody is bound hand and foot, we are all free to shape our own lives and pursue our own dreams. On the other hand, this development also makes it a good deal more difficult to catch sight of the common elements that should bind us all together. (Rochelle, 1997)
Changes are taking place at an ever-increasing pace. 50 years ago seven years of schooling was enough to prepare people for the labor market................
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